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Here, alas, I lost my leather case with surveyor's
pins in it. I had carried it in my hand all sum:
:mer and will miss it sorely. For the cross
slab lying on the moor we searched high
& low but in vain returning however on the
29th I found it. It is situated about 1/2 m. [mile]
W.SW. [West South West] of the road bridge over the Strathy,
some 32 yds. [yards] E. [East] of the upper of the two feal
dykes which crosses the moor from N to S [North to South]
and about 120 yds. [yards] N [North] of the dyke running E & W. [East & West].
The stone is lying NE. and SW. [North East and South West]. The stone is
4'.4" in length - 1'.8" wide where widest across
the arms of the cross and 1'.2" at base, and
about 8" in thickness. The cross which
is incised on the surface - is a Latin cross
2'.8" in length, 1'.7" across the arms, The shaft
is 1'.6" long and 4" broad. The arms and
shaft terminate in circular expansions
formed of a plain disc 3" across enclosed
within a ring the whole 7" across. The
termination at the base of the cross is some:
:what flattened from the round measuring
6" x 7". Parallel incised lines are cut
down either side of the shaft and arms.
The stone is illustrated in the Proceedings of
the Soc. of Antiq [Society of Antiquaries] (Scot. [Scotland])

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